Varyag
@Varyag@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Certified foxgirl enjoyer. Weeb, but hasn’t properly watched anime in ages. Gamer of incresingly niche subgenres. Aficionado of racecars, mechas, fighter jets, and any other vehicles you can think of. Lives in the wrong side of the planet compared to all my friends. Made way too many Fedi accounts
- Comment on Diablo IV surpasses $1B in revenue, with $150M coming in from microtransactions 2 days ago:
What about Grim Dawn?
- Comment on Peter Molyneux thinks generative AI is the future of games, all but guaranteeing that it won't be 1 week ago:
Thanks for taking that L for the industry again, Peter.
- Comment on What are your thoughts on Warframe? 2 weeks ago:
I came here to type almost this exact comment, down to the number of hours played and money spent. And all that money I spent was on 50% off or higher discount tickets, too. Anyway, while I have gotten tired of the grind and quit a while ago because I didn’t gel much with the new systems introduced, it was still a great game I have many fond memories of playing.
- Comment on Mechabellum, my favourite auto-battling strategy game launches September 26 2 weeks ago:
I was hyped for it until I noticed that Paradox picked up the publishing .
- Comment on What are some video games that you would show up to a local tournament for? 3 weeks ago:
Or Quake! Even though I suck at arena shooters, any of them I’d want to hop in for.
- Comment on What are some video games that you would show up to a local tournament for? 3 weeks ago:
I would ABSOLUTELY attend a local tournament for AC6. The netcode is absolute ASS but the gameplay is so crisp, if we could play it without lag or ghost hits it would be great.
- Comment on Day 35 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots 4 weeks ago:
Well this one was incredibly easy to identify, even with mods.
- Comment on What's the oldest game anyone here has played in 2024? 4 weeks ago:
I tend to not go that far back usually, mostly hovering around the mid 90’s and 2000’s with my retrogaming, but does it count if I’ve played some rounds of NES Tetris?
I’m currently reading a fantasy book from 1984 if that doesn’t count.
- Comment on 'Perfect Lap' Is What Happens When Ridge Racer Type 4 And Auto Modellista Have A Baby | Time Extension 4 weeks ago:
Isn’t this by the same guy who made Art of Rally? Either way, it’s going into my wishlist.
- Comment on What’s a game you can 100% without hating by the end? 4 weeks ago:
Armored Core 6 is pretty easy to 100% and it’s really enjoyable the whole way there. Just don’t bother with PvP.
And my favorite 100% grinding game that I keep playing just because I enjoy it so much, is the Earth Defense Force series. The game encourages you to play each mission with each of the 4 classes in each of the 5 difficulty levels. Even though clearing Hard also gives you Easy and Normal completion too, you’re still looking at over 200 hours of gameplay, easily. The games have over 100 missions, tons of weapons to gradually improve, and at higher levels become true combat puzzles to solve with said weapons. Cheese is a way of life, in an enjoyable way.
- Comment on Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? 5 weeks ago:
This run, I started with a Toyota Vitz because of the Gran Turismo meme. Even painted it pink and all. Many cars are viable in this game, I’m currently tearing through most rivals with a Subaru Impreza Wagon! The thing you must notice, however, is that the game heavily relies on upgrading and tuning your car. And, many upgrades don’t initially do anything tangible to your car until you manually mess with them. Upgraded transmission, go in there and set shorter gear ratios. Upgraded suspension, go in there and mess with hardening the springs and dampeners, change wheel alignment and lower the ride height. You can touch up almost any setup section you can think of, it’s really a car game for gear heads. But that’s why I love it. I think it’s even more in depth in that aspect than even Gran Turismo, even if it’s not trying to be a super realistic sim. The whole Tokyo Xtreme Racer franchise is like that, although the highway racers are much more hardcore. TXR Zero is straight up unfair if you’re playing sub optimally.
- Comment on Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? 5 weeks ago:
I think I’m about 40 hours in? I have unlocked all but one track in the game until now. You gotta remember to check the “internet forums” to challenge the leaders of every track, and get hints of how to find new rivals. After some point when you get sponsors, money stops being an issue, even if you can’t farm races during the day.
- Comment on Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? 5 weeks ago:
Doom is almost always my answer. Especially with the fresh Nightdive rerelease!
Anyway I’ve been playing EDF5 again online, and Kaido Racer on the PS2, a lovely street racing game about the mountain roads of Japan.
- Comment on Doom and Doom II get a ‘definitive’ re-release that’s packed with upgrades 5 weeks ago:
I have been having an absolute BLAST with this new version since yesterday. The news of this and the subseauent drop as a free update for the versions I already owned on GoG and on the Switch just made my whole week, where I was bumned by the Helldivers bullshit.
A solid new port by Nightdive, implementing most of the modern mapping techniques, able to run a LOT of custom content that was created over the past 30 years. Plus extra artworks, bonus IDKFA soubdtrack by Andrew Hulshult, addon downloads on all platforms (with user sent ones on the PC), and 16 player multiplayer?
This is now the immediate response to anyone who wants to get into Doom nowadays. No need to fiddle with sourceports or go chase obscure mods, they’re ALL there. If you get more into Doom modding after that, you can go after all those things later. It’s great!
- Comment on Do you still play couch coop nowadays? Which games do you recommend? 1 month ago:
EDF!! This is one of my favorite series and one I’m very hyped for again due to the new sequel. Definitely recommend it as a fun coop experience with friends, blowing up hordes of giant alien insects, robots, flying saucers and legally-distinct Kaijus.
- Comment on Chocolate Doom 3.1.0 brings many new features for the classic source port 1 month ago:
Ahhh, lovely! Finally the official release of this version, although I’ve already been using the pre-release for a while now. Works great with GUS emulation for that chunky MIDI.